TAIPING: Fish supply in the country is not stable yet due to the uncertain weather conditions, the Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority (LKIM) admitted today.
LKIM chairman Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal said the weather would usually be “back to normal” by June, but had remained unpredictable so far, causing fewer fish landings.
“LKIM needs to take early measures by acquiring as much fish as possible to be frozen during the fishing season to ensure sufficient stocks during the monsoon season,” he said at a news conference after handing out Keluarga Malaysia aid here today.
“LKIM has industrial plants and its own cold rooms for storage. So, there’s no question of insufficient supply. This can also overcome the cartel problem over fish supply which arose as LKIM did not make early preparations to keep fish stocks.
“This resulted in the cartels taking advantage of the situation by reducing fish supply in the market and determining the prices,” he added.
Syed Abu Hussin admitted that there were internal problems when some LKIM officers took lightly the proposed storage of fish stocks.
He hoped the agency’s top management would take appropriate measures against this. - FMT
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